Improved clothes-wringer



- "UNiTEDv STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

eEoEeE H. KIDNEY, 0E CLEVELAND, onto.

IMPEovED CLOTHES-Welness.

\ 1 Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.- 35.910, dated July 22, A1862.v

To all whom, it my concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEoE'efE H. KIDNEY, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a' new and useful Im? proverneut inMac-h-ines for Wringing or Pressview of one end as attached to a tub, `the tub shown in section vFig 3 is an enlarged top view. The rel lines represent parts of the machine which are not visible. The letters of referenceshow the same parts of the machine as those in Figs. l and 2. y

A A2 in Fig. l arerubber rollersv as used in the various kinds of clothes-wringers.' B B are the ends,which support the rollers, levers,

andsprings. G Cl are two rods which hold the ends B B in their place. D D are boxes which contain the springs. E E are slotted`- angular-curved levers which press the'- top roller, A, down upon 'the bottom roller, A2. F F are self-acting leversplaced upon the rod .02, which. hold the machine fast to the tub when in use.

A Al in Fig. 2 are end views of the rollers. E isa side view showing the slot and curve of the angular-curved lever. D is a box'cont-aning the spring shownlby the red lines, which acts upon the curved end of the lever. The box and spring are set upon an angle having a tangential. relation to that part of the pe-` riphery of a.' circle through which the eye i-n the'curved end of the lever passes, in which the wire or rod plays which connects the bottom ofthe spring to the lever, thereby allowing an easy act-ion of the spring and lever.

Rubber springs Imay be used. The slot a in the fulcriun end of the lever allows the upper roller, A, to move in the slot b'without bind ing or rubbing on either side. H H2 are jaws between which the tub' is fastened. F is a self-acting lever hungupin the rod' C2 nearA the bottom of the jaw H. The lower or short arm ofthe lever F is curved towardthejaw H2. The upper or long arm of the levervli is straight. The red lines show the position of the leverv just before attaching the machine to the tub. As the machine is placed upon the tub and pressed down, the upper edge of thetnb comes in contact withfthe upper or long arm of the lever, pressing it back, thereby causing the curvedor lower arm of the lever to be pressed tightly against the tub, causing the machine to be held-firmly upondhe tub.

A in Fig1'3 is'the top roller, npon which the'.

slotted angular-curved'lever acts. .B B are the ends, angled to the rightland to the left from the front of the rollers. G'C2 are rodswhich hold the ends in place. D D areboxes or pockets which contain the springs, as described above. E E are slotted angular-curved levers angled to the right and to the left, corresponding with the angle ofthe ends B B. The ends and levers being angled allow the clothes to pass freely between them after being wr'ung. FFare self-acting leversworking on the rod C2, as described before- After -thns' describing my machine, and being acquainted with manyl or" the various wrugers, .l do not claim in the abstract the rollers,\1evers, springs, or jaws; 'but Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by yLetters Patent, is-` The combination of A.the slotted angular' curved levers E E, rollers A A, springs in Vboxes D'D, the jaws H IH,` and self-adjusting levers FF, all arranged as and for the purpose speced. GEORGE H. KIDNEY. Witnesses:

WM.'JosLIN, HoEAoE WILKINs. 

